Pynchon appreciation posts

?For Pynchon has always been a movie nut, a fact that has long been apparent to his readers. In particular,Gravity?s Rainbow fizzes with film references, from Laurel and Hardy to German Expressionism, King Kong to Rita Hayworth. Characters often ?act? the part of movie stars, taking on their attitudes and modes of dress, affecting a Cary Grant accent, say, or donning a ?flopping Sydney Greenstreet Panama hat.?